NY Fire Dept. Honors 5-year-old Boy Who Called 911 Saved Mom


	NY Fire Dept. Honors 5-year-old Boy Who Called 911 Saved Mom

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8-12-2009 5:58 PM

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"It is truly a remarkable story," said Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, who presented the young boy with an official FDNY sweatshirt emblazoned with Tahlique's name above the title "Paramedic."

He was named New York's first "junior paramedic."

Jennifer Garay, who was released from Jamaica Hospital last Friday, said she'd been suffering from extreme dehydration and that had caused her brief blackout.

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8-13-2009 5:09 AM

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Tahlique's an extraordinary kid and a hero in Jamaica, NY

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